Improvement in curtain-fixtures



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WILLIAME. SCRANTON, OE NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No.108,7 34, dated October 25, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN CURTAIN-FIXTURES.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern:

thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the saine, andwhich said drawing constitutes part of this specication, and representsin Figure l a front View; y

Figure 2 a longitudinal section, showing the fixture enlarged or fullsize.; and in Figure 3 a side View of the bracket. Y

This invention relates to an improvement yin that class ofcurtain-fixtures designed to wind the curtain upon a cylinder byrevolving the cylinder, and consistsin constructing the bracket, whichforrns a bearing forthesupport of the cylinder, with a chamber or recesswithin the bracket, so that the tape or ribbon, being attached to thebearing of the cylinder within the chamber, and extending through theside of the chamber, is, by the drawing down of the curtain, wound ontothe bear-ing, and by drawingnpon the tape the cylinder is revolved towind the curtain.

A is one bracket, and

B the other.

C is the cylinder upon which the curtain is wound.

I), the bearing of one end, and

E, the bearing of the other end.

rIhe brackets are constructed so as to form a chainber, F, around thebearing, as denoted in figs.r 2 and 3, the inside of the chamber beinginclosed bya removable head, Gr, which is held in position by ashoulder.

on the bearings, as denoted in fig. 2. v

, H, the tape, which is attached to the bearing D, passes through aslot, a, in the bracket, so that by drawing down the curtain the tape iswound on to the bearing, and then, by drawing the tape, the cylinder isturned to draw up the curtain.

A similar slot, a, may be formed in both headsso that the tape may beapplied on either the right or left-hand side, and the tape'may beapplied to both bearings, one the reverse of the other, so that thedrawing down of one may wind up the other, and, as the bearing isl ofmuch less diameter than the cylinder, it follows that the length of tapewound will be less than the length of curtain; consequently, when thecurtain is wound up vout of reach, the tape will extend down withinreach. I

By this construction of the bracket, so as to form a close chamber,within which the tape is Wound, there is no liability of disarrangingthe tape, and the con. struction is extremely cheap and simple.

I do not broadly claim a chambered bracket for curtain-fixtures.

I claim as my invention- The bracket for curtain-fixtures, constructedwith the chamberF closed by the head G, and provided with the slot a,and combined with the bearing D, to which the ribbon or tape isattached, so `as to operate substantially in the manner described.

VILLIAM E. SCRANION.. Witnesses:

A. J. TrBBrrs, J. H. SHUMWAY.

